online teacher training in european science education projects
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Online Teacher Training in European Science Education Projects
The work presented in this document/ workshop is supported by the European Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant agreement N. 337250), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of this document/workshop is the sole responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein.
Premysl VelekEDULEARN14: the 6th annual International Conference on
Education and New Learning Technologies 8 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain
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www.eun.org
Network of 30 Ministries of Education in Europe
Support schools in using technology in learning and teaching
Promote the European dimension in schools and education
Improve the quality of
education in Europe
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European science and maths projects
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Scientix facilitates dissemination and sharing of best practices in science and maths education in Europe:
• Scientix portal: www.scientix.eu• European Conference 2014, 24-26 October 2014, Brussels • Workshops for teachers and/or researchers in STEM
education• Scientix National Contact Points & Teacher Panel
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Topics:• STEM practice and
research• Science and Society• ICT in education
Funding:• European (FP7, LLP)• International• National
Results:• Teaching materials• Research reports• Online courses
Project library: 239 projects
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Online training
Over 30 Scientix Moodle courses published, more coming soon…
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Projects on Scientix – online courses
• 13 projects offered online courses for teachers
• 107 courses in total • Duration ranges from 2 hours to five
months– 40 courses (37.3%) were intended for
students
– 67 courses (62.7%)were intended for teachers
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Projects on Scientix – online courses
• Platforms: – 103 out of 107 (96,3%) courses are on
Moodle
– Custom made platforms: 4 courses (3,7%)
• Synchronicity: – 87 courses asynchronous (81.3%)
– 20 courses synchronous (18.7%)
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Projects on Scientix – online courses
• Certification: – 14 courses (13%) offered certification
– 93 courses (87%) were non-certified
• Language: – All courses available in English
– 6 courses also localised to another European language
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Projects on Scientix – online courses
• Delivery:– Through a custom made (Moodle)
platform
– Third party platform (MOOC phenomenon)
EUN Academy:http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu
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Àgueda Gras-Velázquez ([email protected])Scientix project manager
More information
Přemysl Velek ([email protected])Scientix portal manager
Thank you for your attention!